Dream Chasers and Eccentrics

Peter Gooch is the author of the new novel "Lips." He was on the show last year for his debut novel "Seren." He is a painter, writer, and former art professor living in New Mexico. His short fiction has appeared in numerous literary magazines and online. Originally from Ann Arbor, Michigan, he holds an MFA from Western Michigan University. He resides in Corrales with his wife, Dr. Sharon Ransom.

We talk about coming up with the idea for "Lips," developing characters, overcoming fear to write risky material like sex scenes, writing technique and craft, favorite authors and their use of language, writing endings, the difficulty of writing happiness, the importance of having fun in art, finding a good space to write, cultivating the creative writing mindset, his upcoming book "AIX," and more.

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Orignial poetry recited by the author, Paul Trammell.

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Meteor Shower is an original short story by Paul Trammell, narrated by the author. Every month, I post a short story on my substack page. If you sign up, and it's free, you'll get a short story, written by me, in your inbox on the first of every month, as well as occasional poetry, books reviews, and essays. Find this at https://paultrammell.substack.com/

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Ryan and Jonah are two brothers writing and recording original music in the band Crown Mountain.

We talk about writing and recording music, creativity and how to cultivate it, setting aside time to be creative, playing covers, improvisation, playing different instruments, what it takes to make it big, drinking, drugs and writing music, drugs and performing, touring, overproduced music, pitch correction, and more.

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Aurora Winter is an author and creative entrepreneur. Her books include "Turn Words into Wealth," "Marketing Fast Track," and the fantasy series "Magic, Mystery, and the Multiverse."

We talk about writing fantasy, getting into a creative frame of mind, freedom of speach, grief, healing from a broken heart, reinventing ourselves, using our story to our advantage, neuroscience of effective communication, the three steps of communication, the value of adding a story to a sale, making $250,000 in 90 days, overcoming grief, a dream visitation from her husband 2 years after his death, the value of being in pursit of something meaningful, having a mission in life, whether or not we all have a time to die, and more!

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Exit Game! is my latest short story, published June 1 on paultrammell.substack.com

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James Goodhand is the author of the new novel "Reports of His Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated." He was also on the show last year with his novel "The Day Tripper." I love and recommend his books and James is a great speaker and storyteller. He lives in Surry, UK, and repairs cars when not writing novels.

We talk about his new novel, what it's like having a child who will read your books one day, books we love, creativity, how a novel gets its start - where the ideas come from, neuroses, death, routines, various themes from the book, the passage of time, memories, making the years count, his next project, and more. I also read highlights I took from the book and we discuss them.

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Stacey Hollis (@stacebird) lives in Bocas del Toro, Panama. She has a background in field biology and now takes tourist on various eco-tours like snorkeling and birdwatching. Stacey is from the Washington D.C. area and carries a lifelong, innate passion for birds. This passion only increased as she grew up enough to begin to become aware of the sad fact that birds and ecosystems in general are threatened by human impact. The biodiversity, (specifically that of bird species) of the New World American Tropics is what lured her down into Central America and instantly gave her a clear idea of what she hoped for her future.

We talk about Stacey's journey through field biology to becoming an eco-tour guide, birds, fish, coral, sponges, coral bleaching, the Ngöbe indigenous people and their struggle to survive, the underwater enviroment in Bocas del Toro, coral-reef ecology, symbiosis, mangrove habitats, French angelfish, peregrine falcons, and more.

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Clay Moffat in an ex-Navy weapons tech turned behavioral coach and author of The Trust Trap. He's spent 15 years helping high performers break toxic patterns, stop outsourcing their sanity, and take radical responsibility for their lives. Clay teaches the neuroscience of trust, the psychology of betrayal, and why most people keep screwing themselves over. If you've ever ignored a red flag, sabotaged your own success, or trusted the wrong person—this episode is your wake-up call.

We talk about his book "The Trust Trap," going blind, memories and how they are stored in our brains, emotions and where they come from, how we are wired to comply with authority, confidence and where it comes from, commitment and how to increase it, radical responsibility, trust and how it becomes an automatic habit that can bite us if we ignore it, altruism, creativity and discipline, how to increase productivity, the value of accountability, and more.

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Nathan Visage lives in California and is on a mission to surf big waves. We talk about surfing The Wedge, Mavericks, what makes a wave heavy, injuries, safety, paddling out at Mavericks, sharks, training for big-wave surfing, wipeouts, double-wave hold-downs, fear, getting washed into the rocks, big-wave surfboards, tow-surfing and paddle surfing, the community of big-wave surfers, localism, gaining the respect of the pople in the lineup, describing a favorite wave, his bucket-list surf trip, advice to prospective big-wave surfers, and more.

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